Plant-protector.



No. 644,007. Patented Feb. 20, I900.

A. G. FAYE.

PLANT PROTECTOR. (Application filed May 5', 1899.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AIJONZO G. FAYE, OF MEDFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS PLANT-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,007, dated February20, 1900. Application filed May 5,1999; Serial No. 715,650. (No model)To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO G. FAYE; of Medfield, county of Norfolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Plant-Protectors, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel, cheap, andefficient protector for growing and other plants to protect the samefrom cut-worms or other boring insects and also from early and latefrosts and continued rains.

My protector is composed, essentially, of a flexible material adapted tobe bent into the form desired for the protector, so that it may encirclethe growing plant, said material being preferably a form of paper orleatherboard and preferably for the best results treated so that it willbe capable of withstanding moisture, dampness, or rain. This inventionis not, however, limited to the use of paper or leather-board; butinstead I may use any other low-cost flexible material.

The flexible material of which my protec tor is composed will preferablybe so cut as to present a blank one edge of which is sloped oppositelyfrom at or near the center of the length of the blank. This blank mayhave at its top between its sloped portions a stop, and the narrowerends of the blanks are adapted to be caught and held together by asuitable fastening device which in one approved form may present prongsto enter holes in the blank.

The blanks from which the protectors are made may be laid fiat in a pilewhen not in use and for purposes of shipping, so that they may be keptin a comparatively small and compact space. When they are to be used,they may be easily bent intocircular form and have their free endssuit-ably fastened together. The lower end of the connected blank may bepushed into the ground about a plant or thing to be protected orcovered, and a pane of glass or other material may be laid on the upperend of the protector, as may be desired.

Figure 1, in-perspective, shows one of my protectors as encircling aplant, the lower end of the protector being embedded in the ground, saidprotector supporting a glass. Fig. 2 is a section across the protectorshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows ablank for aprotector laid out fiat. Fig.4 shows one form of fastening which may be used to fasten together theends of the protector. Fig. 5 represents a cover which may be applied tothe pro tector to keep out cold or frost. 7

To make my improved protector, I take suitable paper, leather-board, orother flexible material, as A, and preferable cut it into the form of ablank, as represented in Fig. 3, said blank having sloping upper edges aa, with preferably a shoulder a between.

The lower end of the protector-blank may be straight, as represented atb, and its ends may be provided with suitable holes to re ceive eyeletsb.

Referring to Fig. 2, let G represent the ground and c a plant growingtherein which it is desired to protect. To do this, I bend the blank,Fig. 3, into circular shape and overlap its ends and secure the sametogether. I may do this by means of a suitable fastening, as D, (shownat Fig. 4,) it being composed,

as represented, of wire bent to present two prongs d and an open loop(1, with a project ing end d These loops may be long enough to extendfor some distance through the eyelet-holes at both ends of the blank.

In the drawing Fig. 2, for the sake of clearness, the overlapping endsof the blank are separated some distance one from the other; but inpractice they may lie in contact.

The fastener shown is inserted from the inner side of the protectorformed by overlapping the ends of the blank, so that the loop part dstands open toward the projection a.

The lower end of the protector will be pressed into the ground aroundthe hills or drills containing the seed or around a plant to beprotected to the depth of about three inches, and by sloping the top ofthe blank of which the protector is composed it is possible to presentthe glass e, which is laid upon the sloping side of the protector, so asto give the largest possible light-admitting surface from sunrise tosunset and so that the suns rays are directed in the most approvedmanner and angle upon the ground inclosed by the protector.

With this protector inserted in the ground, as stated, and covered atits top with the glass 6 it is impossible for cut-worms or other boringinsects to gain access to the plants, and in case of cold weather orthreatened frost the glass covers 6 may be readily taken olI" and othercovers, as f, (see Fig. 5,) composed of leather-board, wood, or othercheap material, maybe laid onto the top of the protector instead of theglass. One edge of the glass enters the loop (1 and the other edge abutsgenerally against the projection a; but if it should be desired to forcethe plants forward less in warm weather the upper edge of the glass maybe laid on the top of the rest a; but this will not be done when thereis any danger of insects getting into the protector.

This invention is not limited to the particular shape shown forthefastening, and instead I may employ any other usual or suitablefastening; nor is the invention limited to the use in all instances ofthe projection a at the upper edge of the protector, although its use isin most instances desirable.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A protector for plants, the same being composed of a blank or singlepiece of material havingreverse inclines on its upper edge a projectingportion between them and a cover for said protector combined with asecuring device to unite the ends of the blank, substantially asdescribed.

2. A protector for plants, composed of a blank of flexible materialhaving reverse inclines on its upper edge, a cover adapted to rest uponthe inclines, and a securing device for the ends of the blank, providedwith a projecting portion to engage the cover and prevent slippingthereof upon the inclines.

3. Aprotector for plants composed of thin flexible material adapted tohave its lower edge driven in the ground and provided with a slopingupper edge, a cover to rest loosely upon and be supported by saidsloping upper edge, and means projecting upward from the protector toprevent slipping of the looselysupported cover upon the said slopingedge, substantially as described.

4-. A protector for plants, the same being composed of a blank havingreverse inclines on its upper edge and a projecting portion between themand being provided with eyeletholes at its ends, combined with afastening for the ends of the blank havinga projecting portion toreceive one edge of a glass to constitute a cover for the saidprotector.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALONZO G. FAYE.

Witnesses:

Gno. W. GREGORY, MABEL PARTELow.

